Making Your Own Family Yearbook family bookstore More than just a fun project, a family yearbook is a keepsake that both current and future generation will enjoy. Prepare If you are planning on creating a family yearbook, you will have to start the year with that in mind. Are you going to send the book out as a gift to friends and family? Organize This part of the process allows for a little bit of... 

The Art of Family Tree Research Family Tree Research Researching your family tree to find out where you came from, who were your ancestors or what they did begins from a very familiar place; yourself. Exploring your family tree is not as hard as you think. It just takes some time and energy. To gain the correct history for your family tree, you will need to learn a bit about your family. Researching... 

Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-downs by Sandra McLeod Humphrey Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 133 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books (November 20, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591025699 ISBN-13: 978-1591025696 Source of book: Review copy from publisher Let’s face it, being a kid is difficult–dealing with peer pressure, the desire to... 

A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (June 10, 2008) ISBN-10: 0385734700 ISBN-13: 978-0385734707 Source of book: Review copy from publisher If there’s one book you, your children, and your students should read this summer, it’s Shana Burg’s debut novel, A Thousand Never Evers. Set in Kuckachoo,... 

One of the worst child abuse cases in California’s history came to an end on March 5, 1973 when Dave Pelzer entered foster care. Dave begins his incredible story as an abused child with his rescue in part one of a series, A Child Called “It”. Calling this book a “page turner” doesn’t give it justice. Easy to read, but difficult to comprehend how any mother could...